348 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



annum to Admirals, 1901. to Vice- 

 Admiials, and '210^. to l?ear-Ad- 

 mirals, will appear moderate and 

 reasonable. 



With regard to the latter class 

 of officers, it is worthy of observa- 

 tion, that H" a Rear- Admiral should 

 be serving in a first-rate, his whole 

 pay and compensation amount to 

 but 881/. while his Captain, who 

 lives at his table, and who is com- 

 paratively at no expense, receives 

 812/. We notice this, not as 

 thinking the Captain's pay too 

 much, as we propose only to re- 

 duce it to 800/. but as showing 

 the inconsistency of the present 

 anangement, and the necessity of 

 making some addition to the Flag 

 Officers' pay. 



Your Royal Highness will far- 

 ther observe, that we propose to 

 double the allowance at present 

 granted to Commanders-in-Chief 

 under the name of table money. 

 We have done so, on a very ma- 

 ture consideration of the situation 

 of officers of this rank : and vour 

 Royal Highness must be awaie of 

 the necessity of this increase from 

 the circumstance which has been 

 frequently communicated to your 

 Royal Highness, of the difficulty 

 of inducing officers to accept, par- 

 ticularly in times of peace, this 



Commander in Chief. 



ADMIRAL. 



Sea pay £ 1,835 



As Commander in Chief , 1 ,095 



command ; and your Royal High- 

 ness is aware, that of six Rear- 

 Admirals, now commanding in 

 chief on foreign stations, \» e have 

 been obliged to recommend that 

 your Royal Higimess should be 

 pleased to allow three of them to 

 receive the emoluments of full 

 Admirals ; and we should, if the 

 measure we now propose should 

 not be adopted, find ourselves 

 under the necessity of proposing 

 to your Royal Highness to ex- 

 tend the same indulgence to the 

 other three Commanderd-in- Chief 

 abroad. 



We have also not been inatten- 

 tive to the rates of pay allowed to 

 the officers of his Majesty's army 

 of corresponding ranks. A mili- 

 tary Commander of the Forces, 

 whose situation is equivalent to 

 thiit of a Naval Comniimder in 

 Chief, receives, in addition to his 

 unattached pay, 91. 9s. lid. per 

 diem ; whereas we propose for 

 the Naval Commander in Chief, 

 an addition of only .s/ per diem ; 

 but as the sea jiay of the Flag- 

 Officer is greater than the un- 

 attached pay of the General, it is 

 necessary, in order to give your 

 Royal Highness a fair compara- 

 tive view of the subject, to submit 

 the following table : — 



Commandtr of the Forces. 



GENERAL. 



Unattached pay . . £693 10 

 As Com. of Forces . 3,458 



VICE-ADMIRAL. 



Sea pay 



As Commander in Chief . 



2,930 



1,4G0 

 1,0}).S 



2,555 



4,151 10 



LIEUT. -GENERAL. 



Unattached pay . . 593 

 As Com. of Forces . 3,4.58 O 



4,051 



REAR- 



